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The Graveyard of URLs has a collection of dead links, with epitaphs. Have a dead link? Send it to them to be memorialised. ♥

If you've been laid off by a dotcom company and been unemployed for awhile, you might want to find out how lame you are by now using the dotrefugee.com's Lame-O-Meter. If I were a dot refugee, I'd be "Very Lame". It's somewhere between "Lame" and "Extremely Lame". Not that I need a silly Lame-O-Meter to tell me that I'm very lame. ♥

If you're the kind of person who likes to play pranks on others on April Fools' Day, you might be interested in this prank software for PC and for Mac. It's too bad this year's April Fools' Day has to fall on a Sunday. No easy victims, i.e. unsuspecting co-workers :) ♥

Bad news for U.S. rickshaw drivers. Their vocation may disappear from the U.S. Census Bureau's list of job categories! Not sure what that really means but still it's funny that the vocation has ever been listed at all. There must be plenty of rickshaw drivers in the U.S. back then that they decided to add it into the list. ♥

Your room is a reflection of you. This quiz by Umbra, which apparently is an interior design company, lets you pick the elements of your room design and then describe your personality based on your choices. Very cool! If you're interested in my quiz results, you can find it here. ♥

Since tomorrow is April Fools' Day, let's take a look at the April Fool's Day History, Traditions, and Foolishness. It's funny how not knowing something was being regarded as foolishness. I mean, if you don't know something, that doesn't mean that you're a fool. It only means that you need to learn more. Don't we all? ♥

Do you desperately want to be popular with women? Maybe you should try this product, "a men's cologne that contains genuine Human Sex Pheromones,
scientifically designed, tested and proven to attract women like magic!". It's a sad, sad product for even sadder people. ♥

I'm now officially a Cathartite :) ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

It's partly cloudy
Yet the sun's shining brightly
Will it rain today?

I intentionally didn't blog yesterday. Blogger was back up last night but I just needed a break. Plus, I had things to do. Not that you care or anything. Anyway, I'm going shopping for my own birthday presents today. It's a silly family tradition. I already know what I'm going to get from my mum. It's a chair. Yup, a chair. But I'll get to pick what kind of chair in today's shopping. Mum thinks I spend most of my time on this chair in front of my computer anyway so I might just as well get a new one for my birthday. I'll surely pick the most comfy one :) I hope I won't have to wait until my birthday to use it. ♥

I'm feeling down in the dump right now and I don't think I could come up with any happy fun comments on each link so I'll just leave you with links to a bunch of somewhat amusing sites and let you find out for yourself what makes them amusing:

Yahoo! UK and Ireland has a gerbil named Warren who will have to spend the rest of his miserable, short life (approx. one year) in front of a webcam.

Here's some really disturbing signs that you can have printed on t-shirts.

This hardcore/metal band of 14 year-olds called Half Hour From Sanity want to use my poems in some of their songs. I'm flattered.

Homemail - The Worse FREE Web-Based Email is a parody of... You guessed it. Well, a parody of their main page anyway.

Learn some silly dancing moves, such as "Make Love To The Crowd", "Who's Your Daddy", and "Stir The Pot Of Love". Bet you've never heard any of them.

Now I'm going to go to bed and mope. Goodnight! ♥

The problem with me and collaborative weblogs I am/used to be a part of is this: I post a lot the first week, very few the following week, and then I die. ♥

Sigh. I should've posted the entry below from Blogger Wireless, which seems to screw up less than Blogger Web. Had I done that, I wouldn't have had to post this entry to make the below post appear. ♥

Hmmm, I just remember a brilliant idea I had some time ago but totally forgot about. It's another way for me to embarrass myself in front of all the Bloggerville residents (well, those that read my blog anyway), but since I think it would be fun, I don't really care. I've always made people laugh on my own expense anyway. Note to self: start working on it tonight and put it up before you go to bed. Now I'll remember :) ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

This is the day that
I always wish were Friday
Can't wait for weekend!

My supervisor approved my taking Monday to Wednesday off next week so it's going to be a 5-day weekend for me. Woohoo! :) I just hope my brother won't make me go out of town with him, or worse, alone on a train to pick up my aunt. Well, actually, I wouldn't mind picking up my aunt if only some people with nothing better to do hadn't started setting up bombs in railways. Yeah, living in Indonesia is that fun. I'm not afraid of dying but dying in an exploding train is not really what I want. I'd rather die in an exploding plane, really. It would be nice to die while doing something that you love. I love flying. Too bad airplane ticket to anywhere is so damn expensive. ♥

Read and memorise most (if not all) of the words listed in The White Queen's Dictionary of One Letter Words, Dictionary of All-Consonant Words, and Dictionary of All-Vowel Words and you'll soon be known as a Scrabble God/Goddess. Guaranteed. ♥

Being female, I find TheSpark.com's illustrated guide to turning ''Date'' into ''Mate'' so wrong in so many ways. But still it's kind of funny to a certain degree. Well, it's funny until it gets really sexist near the end. Anyway, of all the pictures on this page, I find the one that illustrates "relax dress code" the funniest. I don't know why. I mean, it's just a picture of a guy and his donkey. It must be the donkey. ♥

Are you a villain, a criminal, or just an all around bad guy who always wants to look stylish yet evilish? If you are, then Fashion for the Evil Doer is for you. You can find a lot of fashion suggestions that will help you enhance your evil nature on this site. I kinda like that "Brain In The Jar" look. ♥

If you've ever had a nightmare at the bank, you're going to enjoy "The Dough", which is an animated Flash movie about one guy's adventure at the bank where he has to experience all sorts of annoyance just to get money out of a cheque sent to him by a giant movie star or something. Yeah, going to the bank can be quite an adventure sometimes. ♥

From All Your Base Are Belong To Us: The barriers of language on the Asian Web:

"Cases of badly translated English text in Asia remain quite common. Movies, signs, menus, ads, clothing - and now Web sites as well - harbor myriad examples of funny, cute, or just bizarre translations into English. Native English speakers tend to make light of such sightings, but this seems unfair - most of us would fail miserably at trying to translate English into an Asian language without sounding insane."

I'm hungry and I'm going to have rice and some hot soup with all sorts of cow innards in it for lunch. Yum! :) The nearby Arby's has been closed down so no more strawberry milkshake at lunchtime for me. Bummer. ♥

Today is one of those days when I feel pretty :) And the best thing is no one made me feel that way. I just feel that way. I feel pretty :) ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

Only Wednesday
But it feels like a Thursday
I long for weekend.

I might be taking Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday off next week to make it a really, really long weekend. I still have yet to ask my supervisor for approval. I'm going to submit the application for leave today. Wish me luck! On a different note, the song Grace by U2 has been stuck inside my head for two days now. It's a beautiful song with beautiful lyrics and beautiful music which makes me wish I could play the guitar. And I want to be like Grace. I want to be able to make beauty out of ugly things, find beauty in everything, and find goodness in everything. ♥

So you want to be a geek? Or are you already one? Find out what kind of geek(s) you are by comparing your skills with the skills required for each kind of geek. I'm an "every geek" and almost a "webmaster geek" (just because I know nothing about Flash). ♥

BringBackKirk.com is a fan-run campaign to bring back Captain James T. Kirk to life and to the USS Enterprise. I think the simplest as well as most believable plot to bring him back is to create his clone. Funny that there's no fan fiction section on this site. If they want Paramount to bring Captain Kirk back to life, they should at least suggest some plots, right? ♥

Question: What is a Barbarian Librarian?
Answer: A person who collects and helps you access information resources about Barbarians, all while wearing leather and a big knife. ♥

The Silicon Graphics Refrigerator Project is some Dutch man's project to turn a $175.000 High-End SGI Challenge DM Server into a fridge. It sounds like a lot of fun. You're not a geek until you have a fridge made of an obsolete computer server. ♥

I can't draw to save my life but I just remember that my (older) brother can, though I haven't seen him do any drawing ever since he went to college (and got dropped out, which really broke our parents' hearts). Still I'll ask him to draw something for me to use in my next design. He used to draw some really cute fish back in the day when were both still in kindergarten. Maybe he could draw me some cute, little, yellow ducky. ♥

Please push hotspot of your interest. I'm so glad it's not my family homepage. ♥

I too think that the Oscars sucked. Don't you? ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I hate to be back
At work again, but I've got
No choice. Wish I did.

I was going to blog more last night after dinner but when I went back to my room, my brother was using the computer and I fell asleep as I was waiting for him to finish whatever he was doing and didn't wake up until it was time to get ready for work. I think I'll just think of it as a compensation for the lack of sleep I had all weekend. Anyway, I managed to not finish anything I planned to do but finish one thing that I didn't plan to do. I didn't finish the project I was working on though I managed to finish the design that Jordan thought was "swanky". I didn't plan to redesign Metafirda, but I did anyway. I kinda like the design. Now if only I could make myself find something worth metablogging... ♥

The Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers is a work which transforms the dot-matrix printer into an instrument for musical performance. You can listen to or download the symphony here. It's certainly different. It reminds me of an old Epson dot-matrix printer in my office. It has a label that says "Quiet" on it. Seeing it never fails to amuse me :) ♥

See the most banal, grotesque, ironic, twisted or perverse creations of the capitalist marketplace showcased at the Museum of Weird Consumer Culture. It's good for a Monday morning laugh. Of course it's not morning anymore here, but I'm thinking of the majority of my readers whose Monday has just begun. Boy, am I glad I'm not one of you! :P ♥

Monday Afternoon Haiku

I forgot to pay
My internet bill again
It's overdue now.

Luckily, they haven't blocked my account. Note to self: pay the stupid internet bill tomorrow at lunchtime. Ok, I hope I'll remember, now that I've blogged it. Well, I was feeling productive this morning so I decided to redesign MetaFirda. Now Metafirda has a new design. All it needs now is some new content. I can't believe the long weekend is almost over :( I think I'll take next Monday off. Two long weekends in a row would be a nice, early birthday present from me to myself. ♥

Sproatt is the world's first solar powered, microwave linked, java controlled, live webcam. As sophisticated as it may sound, all I could see was something that resembles a torso with a lot of nipples on it. I wonder what that could be. Yeah, I wonder a lot. ♥

PursuitWatch Network is an LA-based service that promise to page you when there's a live, high-speed police chase being broadcasted on TV. I wonder if they've got many people signing up for their little service. ♥

You've probably heard that saying, "Clothes make the man". Well, What Makes a Man a Man? is an empirical study to prove that a man, or a person who looks like a man when clothed, actually has a penis. Yeah, it made me go "Huh?" too. But I think it's kind of funny. ♥

In case you're wondering, the cheese brownies I baked rock the world's sock! I wish I could send some to each one of you :) Coming up to a kitchen near you: mochaccino brownies! That is, if my laziness doesn't get the better of me. ♥

Does anyone know of any FTP client with a capability to transfer files from one server to another, or if it's possible at all to transfer files from one server to another using FTP? Having three domains hosted in three different servers is so fun. NOT! ♥

Remember the frog that I saw sold at the supermarket last week? Well, today I cared enough to check what kind of frog it was and how much it cost. It was a bullfrog and it cost about $2 per kilo. I'm still disgusted at the thought of people eating frog, but now I don't think the frog is all that ugly. In fact, I think it's kind of cute in a gross kind of way. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

This haiku not by
Firda -- she couldn't think of
Anything today.

Jordan wrote that one. Heh. Well, I was supposed to be working on a project but I ended up chatting with JordanSmurf and MichelShin-Ma instead. I'm bad. But at least I've finished the design. Yay me! Now all I need to do is write the CSS, the Blogger template and the PHP scripts needed for the thing to work. The latter is the hardest thing because, as we all know, my scripting skill (if I have any at all) really sucks. Well, gotta go now. Gotta go buy some chocolate and stuff at the supermarket. I'm going to bake some brownies. Mmmm, brownies! ♥

If you're interested in knowing the nutritional facts of the food sold in various fast food restaurants, Cyberdiet.com's Fast Food Quest is the way to go. I've stopped caring about the nutritional facts of junkfood. I know junkfood's unhealthy but, you know, you just can't not eat it! By the way, what's your favourite pizza topping? Being a meatatarian, as long as there's a lot of meat and cheese in the topping, I wouldn't complain :) ♥

Sam On Fire is a growing collection of Quicktime movie episodes featuring Sam, a normal house cat who is unfortunate enough to live in a house that is not normal. Cute cat. You're going to love him. ♥

I know it's silly to get frustrated over a stupid Frog Game, but would you play the game for me and try to get the frog across the street and then once you succeed, tell me what the secret is? Please? ♥

The Meyer Park DUkS website introduces you to some ducks with very interesting and amusing names and characters. And they look very cute, too! There's a video that shows them in action that you can download if you want. The funniest thing about this site is definitely the details of the ducks' "magnificent history and sociopolitical structure". ♥

Need a break from your kids or just want to keep them in suspense? Just send them to the Kid's Page!!! Even if you have no kids, this page is good for a laugh. It cracked me up alright :) But if I were a kid, I wouldn't be too impressed. I couldn't be lied to that easily. I wasn't a very trusting kid. ♥

"Que sera, sera; whatever will be, will be; the future's not ours to see; que sera, sera; what will be will be..." ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

Heavy clouds, no rain
The wind is blowing softly
I'm going shopping.

Grocery shopping, that is. I already went shopping for CDs and books a couple of days when I was feeling crappy and yup, it was therapeutic. Today I'm going with mum and bro. It's going to be fun. Oops, gotta go now. Talk to you later! ♥

Tim Morgan's Guide to Shooting Rubber Bands is "a comprehensive guide on the lethal and meticulous art of shooting rubber bands". I suck at shooting rubber bands. Well, actually, I shoot rather well. It's my aim that sucks. My brother is really good at rubber band shooting. He's a natural. I so wish I had half his skill. ♥

EasyBib.com helps you write a bibliography that adheres to the 5th Edition of MLA Handbook for Writers and Researchers online in a few easy steps. All you have to do is enter some infor about the source and they'll do the rest. It would've come in handy had it been available during my college years. Yes, I have a library science degree. Yes, I hate writing bibliographies. ♥

The MegaPenny Project provides you with pictures of pennies spread and stacked. A lot of pennies. You know, like, a trillion. Up to a trillion. Some people do have too much time on their hands. I wish they would give me some. Being a professional procrastinator, I'm always short of time. ♥

I was tempted to participate in the May 1st Reboot, mainly because it would give me a reason to slack even more with the redesign (as if I needed a reason for that). But then I read in the guidelines that participants must shut down their sites on April 25 before relaunching it on May 1. I don't think I could do that. I could live without blogging for a day but a week is just too much. As much as I like the idea behind it, I've decided to opt out. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

It's Friday! Hooray!
I hope time will fly away
Nothing more to say.

I really, really can't wait to go home and start my 3-day weekend. I have so many things I want to do (in no particular order):

- start working on my entry for the 5K Contest;
- put some content into fakegeek.org, probably a writing project;
- put some content into uncrushable.com (not sure what kind of content yet);
- something else I can't tell you right now;
- update babes.

That's a pretty ambitious plan for a super slacker like me :) Let's see if I'll get around to doing any of the things listed above by the end of the weekend. ♥

I just submitted Sorry Specimen of Computerhood's personal data (read: specifications) to the Computer Dating Agency. It's got a match named Pinky whose religion is FreeBSD. How sexy. In case you don't know, Sorry Specimen of Computerhood is my computer's name. Even computers need some loving too. ♥

My Canadian readers (yes, the two of you) might be interested in Where's Willy?, which is the Canadian version of American's Where's George? You know, the money tracking thing? I suppose no one would bother to create a Where's Orangutan? site since our currency is too worthless to even bother tracking. ♥

Why, when, and where do people do the Sequence? Is it some kind of a traditional dance or something? It looks really silly. ♥

YourMobile.com is actually a site for cellphone owners to download free ringtones but I got my share of amusement as well from listening to the weird-sounding ringtones even though I didn't have a cellphone. Not that I can't afford it. I just think that cellphone is evil.

My brother has one. It was his girlfriend's but she passed it to him when she got a new one. The first, last and only time I used it was about three years ago on his college graduation. I used it to call my other brother who couldn't come. It was a long-distance call. It must've cost him a lot, but since he didn't kill me afterwards, I think he was okay with it :) Of course I didn't tell him that I accidentally dropped the phone to the ground after I used it which, thankfully, didn't damage the damn thing. Otherwise, I wouldn't have lived to tell the story. Heh. ♥

Learn yet another useless skill: how to say "Oh my God! There's an axe in my head" in 66 languages. If there was an axe in my head, I think I'd be dead, and dead, my friends, equals speechless. Unless my ghost came to haunt you. I think I'd make a really talkative ghost. It must be really lonely on the other side. Not that I've been there, but why else would ghosts come to haunt the living if not to kill the loneliness? I'm not sure they have internet access on the other side. ♥

It's caffeine, not caffiene. It's weird, not wierd.

Yes, I'm a smartass. Deal with it. Not to mention bitter and cranky. ♥

"In a few seconds the Salmon will jump to: FIRDA CANNING CO A/S" ♥

I should keep a tally on how many times I beat Kottke and Zeldman in posting a link. On second thought, I don't think anyone would care so I guess I'd better not :) It's just that when I posted a link that I think is cool, no one would think it's cool, but once it was posted by someone like Kottke and Zeldman, the link became mighty cool. Why's that? Is it because I'm not an A-Lister so my opinion doesn't matter? Nevermind. I tend to be bitter when I'm feeling like hell. ♥

I've posted three entries already but none of them showed up in my blog though if you can read this, that would mean that the problem has been solved. Sigh. I still love Blogger, though. I just can't make myself fall in love with Greymatter. I'm loyal and faithful like that. Imagine if Blogger were you. Wouldn't you be the happiest person on earth to be the recipient of such an undying and unconditional love? ;) I just can't love another. All my love are belongs to Blogger! ♥

Macho, my new Technosphere critter that I created last week, is such a stud. He's impregnated 5 other critters already! Man, dude really does live up to his name. It looks like all he does is mating. ♥

If you have U2's latest album, "All That You Can't Leave Behind", please listen to "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" for me. It'll make me feel better :) I wish someone would tell me all the things written in the lyrics of that song. That it's just a moment. That this time will pass. I would believe it. Oh yes, I would. I'm so easy to convince, but not by myself. I just can't convince myself on anything. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

I am feeling numb
I have numbified myself
I'd rather not feel.

So I'm still feeling blah today. I wish something would happen and make me feel better. You know, something like winning the lottery (even though I've never bought any lottery ticket). I think money is the root of all my problems and probably just about everyone's problems. If I could win, say, $10,000, I could quit my job, pack my bag and go somewhere far, far away to start a new life. But of course, now that I've wished for it, it would never happen. Such is my life. ♥

Goodnight! ♥

Nonsensicon is a dictionary of non-existent words. It reminds me of PSEUDOdictionary. I wonder which one came first. ♥

Answer the questions asked by TotL Belief Assistant (which I think is the evil twin of Clippy from Microsoft Word) and see if it can guess your religion or belief system. It couldn't guess mine. That made me happy :) ♥

Linux Jewellery, anyone? ♥

Do you want to be a good and effective protester? If so, you must read The Ruckus Society Training Manuals. It will show you everything, from how to get a good press through to how to hang yourself from a billboard without actually killing yourself. ♥

If you're into tasteless humour, you might enjoy GasPassers.com. This site allows you to create customised burp and fart that you can listen and/or send to your friends. One word: gross! ♥

Lileks' Institute for Official Cheer presents Ugly Rooms for the Beautiful People, which basically shows you how "Better Homes and Gardens" is responsible for the horrible interior decoration of homes in the 70's.

I spent most of the 70's in a house that was said to be haunted. A woman was said to have killed herself in one of the rooms and her soul couldn't rest in peace. The house did feel kind of eerie, now that I think of it. But of course, I didn't know that the house was haunted until I was much older and we didn't live in that house anymore. Not that I mind. It would've freaked me out lot had I found out about it when we still lived there. Have you ever lived in a haunted house? ♥

You know, what I read, saw, and heard about last year's SXSW had been enough to make me want to come to this year's event (but of course, I couldn't, being broke and all). What I read, saw, and heard about this year's SXSW wasn't enough to make me want to come to next year's event. Now tell me, should I try to make it to Austin next year anyway even though I might end up hating every minute of it or should I spend the money on something else? Uh, nevermind. I just remember that I only have about $15 left in my saving account. I don't think I'd be able to make it anyway even if I really wanted to go :P (In other words, I've chickened out once again.) ♥

This cat picture made me smile :) ♥

I haven't blogged a lot this week, haven't I? That's because I always feel so tired and sleepy when I get home from work. I always go to bed early before most of the webloggers in the US are even awake. Well, except for all those pour souls who have to go to school :) The good thing is, I get to post some cool links before the others did. Nothing can beat the feeling of being number one *grins* The bad thing is I can only post a few because, since I'm all tired and sleepy, I can't keep my eyes open very long. Let's see if I can post more links tonight. I'll try to. Promise. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I am feeling down
I need to lift myself up
'Cause no one else would.

Can't remember the last time I felt this blah. If I weren't at work, I would've cried. I keep on thinking of my late grandmother and how she was just as unhappy as my mum when she was alive, and how my mum keeps on telling me that I'm her only hope, and "If I Fell" keeps on playing in my head and I can't stop myself from reciting a particular poem (that actually comes from an email hoax, no less) quietly. Sigh. Nevermind. I'm sure I'll feel better as the day progress. I have to.

On a lighter note, my new domain is up. Woohoo! It's still empty, though. I can't wait to start working on it. Now that I have access to MySQL database, I can use some more sophisticated PHP scripts! Yay! I'm feeling better already :) I'm such a dork. ♥

Abandoned Ninja Fashions features "10 styles of Ninja attire that fell by the wayside". I kinda like the Ninja Jams. A bit too bright but, hey, it's casual! Anything that looks casual is okay in my book. I'm just not too into formality. Why do you think I never wear suit to work? ;) ♥

The Theory of Cat and Butter Perpetual Motion: "When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat's back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system or a generator." My deepest sympathy goes to the poor cat. ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

I am still yawning
It's another wet morning
I've to start working.

It's only Tuesday but I already long for weekend. Next weekend is going to be a long weekend because Monday is a national holiday. Yippee! :) My computer stopped screwing up yesterday after I ran a surface disk scan which found no bad cluster at all. I knew there was nothing wrong with it but my computer just wouldn't believe me. Not until I ran the scan. Silly little bugger. Hey, I just realised that my computer has no name. Geeks should name their computers, right? Hmmm. I think I like "Sorry Specimen of Computerhood". Nickname: Sorry. So there. My computer has a name now. What's your computer's name? ♥

If you're interested in knowing how many kills are made in some stupid scary movies, pay Stupid Scary Movie Society a visit and read their reviews. They should be able to make you smile. It's Monday and Mondays are just bound to suck. A smile should me it suck less. ♥

Feeling depressed? Take a stroll around the Museum of Depressionist Art. It may make you feel better. Or not. But I'm sure it will make you smile even if only a little. It made me smile alright. I just love the pouting Monalisa. ♥

I was in the mood for singing and the first song that came to my head was "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica so here I present my worst impersonation of James Hetfield, Metallica's lead singer, in "Wherever I May Roam". Don't worry, I didn't sing the whole song. Listening to it won't damage your hearing, guaranteed. If you were a judge in a singing contest, how many points would you give me? ;) ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

It's grey and raining
On a cold Monday morning
Yes, I am smiling :)

I just registered a new domain. Well, the domain came in one package with the hosting, which is really cheap: $5 per month, 50MB of space with all the fancy stuff like CGI, PHP4 and 2 MySQL databases plus 10 mailing lists and 5 sub-domains. Not sure what I'd want mailing lists for since I'm not so crazy about it, but still it would be nice to have, just in case. I've signed up for a year of hosting. I'm so excited! :) Don't ask me what I'm going to do with it because I have no idea! Well, I do have some ideas, but nothing definite yet. And All Your Ace of Base Are Belong To Nikolai. Sorry, I just had to say it *grins* ♥

So I went to a supermarket with my brother a couple of days ago. Being the easily amused person that I was, I spent some time looking at all the live fish sold in fish tanks at the meat and fish section. There were some that looked like a cross between catfish and tuna which really caught my attention. My brother said they were delicious. While I was admiring them, my brother patted my back and said, "Hey, look at the fish tank on your left." And there I saw a live frog the size of a kitten inside one of the tanks, glaring at me suspiciously. The frog, like the rest of the animals in that section, was for sale. Needless to say, I freaked out and left the place in a hurry. The image of someone eating the frog came to mind and it really made me sick to the stomach. I don't know how anyone could eat anything so ugly, slimy and green. Ick! Have you ever eaten frog? ♥

For some geek humour, check out Laugh along with GNU. It contains software, documentation, music, poems, etc. with humorous twist, submitted by GNU users and collected by GNU contributors over the years. ♥

How do you rate as a date? Who would've thought that I'm "A Dream Date Come True"? ;) Heh. "If you're not making somebody deliriously happy right now, hang tight: you're destined to eventually. There aren't many around like you." Yea, yea, yea... ♥

Translate any web page into Boston accent (among others, but the Boston accent one is my favourite) with Crapola Web Translator. I found that Kottke.org gave the best outcome. ♥

Another cat-related site is Random Goth Cat Name Generator. It will help you name that new cat of yours. Just don't expect the names to be all cutesy and whimsy. Most of the names are really stupid. I mean, who in their right mind would name their cat Vivesection? For more sensible/more common cat names, check out the Random Cat Name Generator. ♥

FurBuddies Asks, Can You Talk To Your Cat? The answer is yes. Now learn how. I've never been allowed to own a cat so I'm not very good in cats department, but I do know how to make a cat freeze on the spot with my cat-like growling :) ♥

This morning I got an email from a really nice lady who said she'd pass my url to her friends so I could get a date. Oh the joy of being an old maid! :P ♥

Anyone know how to make Blogger-style time stamp using PHP or javascripts? All the scripts I've tried were resulting in all the entries having the same timestamp. I'm so frustrated. I can't have the Blogger timestamp displaying the date because it will affect the CSS for the daily link colours. Help? ♥

That's my virtual card :) Show me yours! Don't have one? Make one! It only took me 5 minutes, and I'm actually a very slow person. Really. ♥

The song stuck in my head these last couple of days is "Thank You" by Dido. I've been trying to get it out of my head but no luck so far. Ack! Maybe I should sing it and send it to him. That might work :P ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

I'm feeling better
Been a terrible weekend
Can't wait for Monday.

Seriously. I hate Monday with a vengeance but even a regular Monday is better than this weekend where everything seems to be sucking. My health's sucking, Blogger's sucking, and my computer's sucking, too. It indicated a problem with the hard disk last night when I went online at 2AM, thanks to my stomach that felt better when I was sitting than when I was lying on bed. I hope the problem won't get worse. Anyway, I think I'm going to design my voice blog today and upload it to fakegeek.org. That domain desperately needs some content. Hey, guess what? For the first time ever, none of the people on my buddy list is online! Wow. Is everyone out to drink themselves silly on St. Patrick's Day? ♥

I'm not feeling too well. I feel like there's a razor inside my stomach. But don't worry. I've found you some links. No link description this time because I really want to go to bed and sleep. Without further ado (what's "ado" anyway?), here's the links:

The Closet Anarchist's Complete Lifestyle Guide
Seattle Earthquake Simulator
The Official Pro/Anti-Napster Band List
Bust a Nut Donuts: Order Free Donuts and Coffee
Cooking With High Voltage

All links have been tested in FirdaLand's Links Laboratory and have passed the amusement quality test. Enjoy and goodnight! ♥

Can I post now? ♥

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't
If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you lose, you've lost
For out in the world you'll find
Success begins with a woman's will
It's all in the state of mind

If you think you are outclassed, you are.
You've got to think high to rise;
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize

Life's battles don't always go
To the strongest or fastest one.
But sooner or later the woman who wins
Is the one who thinks she can.

(I didn't write it and I don't know who did but it is an inspiring piece.) ♥

I'm feeling so untalkative. Sorry. I'll post more later. Promise. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

I'm an outdoor girl
Trapped in the lazy body
Of an indoor girl.

When I'm outdoor I always feel alive. I always feel like I can conquer the world. Why I end up spending most of my time indoor is beyond me. I told a workmate about how I always ran to the porch to taste the rain when it was pouring and she thought it was a really childish thing to do. I couldn't blame her. She was a mother, though if I had a child, I don't think I would do anything to stop them from loving the rain. In fact, I want my child to love the rain just as much as I do. It would be nice to finally have someone to share my love for the rain. ♥

I don't think that MS Windows is all that bad, but still this take on Microsoft's New Operating System really cracked me up. The tagline is the punchline. ♥

I don't know why we don't have pizza toppings that are as weird as what they have in Japan, but I suspect it's because we're either saner or less creative than the Japanese. Anyway, Pizzas from the Dark Side has a list of weird Japanese pizza toppings as well as Japanese Pizza Rating. Might come in handy if you plan to go to Japan. ♥

The song stuck in my head right now is "Amigos Para Siempre" by Sarah Brightman and Jose Carreras, which was the anthem of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Can't remember the last time I listened to it. Not even sure if I still have the tape. But it is a pretty catchy song. ♥

I'm thinking of doing a voice blog. Not the sophisticated kind that is accessible via phone, mind you. The primitive kind. The kind you can do with Real Producer. I talk, I upload, I post, and you click. It will be my way of teaching myself to talk slowly in English. I don't know why, but everytime I talk in English, I always find myself talking at the speed of lightning. People rarely catch what I'm saying. I need to change that. ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

All I want to do
Is go back to bed and zzzzz...
But damn, I'm at work.

I really can't wait to go home but dammit, there's still 8 more hours to go. Boo hoo! Anyway, I only have two things to say. First of all, I really don't know why I decided to do the blog thing in the first place because, as I'm sure all my regular readers have noticed, I suck at describing the sites I link to. And second of all, I just checked out all the pictures Jish took at SXSW and I could picture myself very clearly there, right under the pool table. ♥

Are You a Freak? Apparently, I am. Not that I need any quiz to tell me that.

Need to be unique: 70%
Need to NOT conform: 81%
Willingness to express dissent: 32%
Overall: 67%

I think my need to be unique should be higher than my need to not conform. I mean, I am a rebel (at least in my family) but I don't think I am that much of a rebel. ♥

Learn more than you ever wanted to know about eating bugs at Edible Insects. I bet you don't know that 100 grams of cricket contains 121 calories, 12.9 grams of protein, 5.5 g. of fat, 5.1 g. of carbohydrates, 75.8 mg. calcium, 185.3 mg. of phosphorous, 9.5 mg. of iron, 0.36 mg. of thiamin, 1.09 mg. of riboflavin, and 3.10 mg. of niacin. Mmmm, crickets! Many of my neighbours are cricket farmers. Seriously. But I don't eat crickets so don't worry. I'm not that much of a freak :) ♥

Let's play Scratch and Sniff, shall we? Place your nose near the square image and click "Start". If you smell anything like a faint smell of citrus, well, I don't know what to say. ♥

Hour Song is some kind of word association game. They supply a word a day as a theme and you submit a song that you think can be associated with that word. They'll post a different song with that theme every hour of the day which you can comment on. Confused? Just see it for yourself :) ♥

Just in case you're not sick of the All Your Base meme yet, listen to the karaoke version of "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" as performed by John Denver, Elvis, and Nirvana (among others). All songs are in mp3 format. ♥

I miss the rain. It hasn't rained since Sunday. It's not good. ♥

Others use haiku
But the quirky one, Firda,
Does it best of all.

John wrote that one for me. Why don't you? ;) ♥

"One day I'm going to show you I can fly."

I've always wanted to say that :) ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

It's only Thursday
How I wish it was Friday
Weekend, where art thou?

It's been a very, very long week. I can't wait for it to be over. No, I have no plan to do any web project in the weekend. I just want to rest, and probably learn to write a limerick. I'm getting tired of haiku. I found yet another haiku weblog yesterday. I don't know if it's better or worse than Haiku the Blog contentwise, but I know that designwise we rule :) ♥

Survival of the Hottest is a cross between Survivor and Am I Hot Or Not? You can submit your picture and find out how long it can survive before it gets voted off if you want. The longest survivor so far is a picture of a girl who is only wearing a bra. It didn't surprise me (there are far too many dirty-minded people out there), but still I don't know how the picture could be so appealing to the voters. It's not really all that sexy. ♥

I really can't see myself using any of the words/phrases listed in the Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang, mainly because I don't think anyone would understand. Or would you? ♥

If you have nothing better to do, take a tour around the [Bill] Gates estate and see if you can find Bill who is allegedly not wearing a shirt in the drawing, though God knows why anyone would want to see a shirtless Bill Gates. ♥

Don't get mad, get even. Revenge Lady gives advice on using the ancient art of revenge to bring humor and happiness back to your life. Or so they say. Revenge just doesn't make me happy. If I did something out of revenge to someone, I'd feel dead guilty afterwards, even if that someone really deserved the treatment. Does that make me weak? ♥

The folks at Magic Mill have made it possible for you to create fake diploma from fake universities such as Our Lady of the Britney Spears University and Duke and Duchess University, as well as transcript and recommendation letter for free. It's highly recommended for those who are seeking employment and are wanting to impress their future employees ;) ♥

It was the last day of SXSW and Nikolai was nice enough to hire a bunch of webloggers he met there to tell me that they wished I'd been there ;) Well, maybe he didn't hire them. Maybe he just threatened them with his bananatron :P Anyway, big thanks go to Nikolai, James, Dan Budiac, TheBrad, Denise, Anil, Rebecca Blood, David, Dinah, and the anonymous guy for the shout. It was really nice to hear your voice :) ♥

I just spent the last two hours training a workmate on records handling and database workarounds (my specialties, ha!). I'd forgotten how tiring it could be. And how boring. Been almost a year since the last time I trained anyone on the same thing. I was more patient this time around, though it was mostly due to the fact that the workmate I was training is an elderly woman who is going to retire in several months.

Woo, I got a voicemail from Austin! I wonder who it was from ;) Yeah right, like there was anyone else but him who would leave a message in my sad, little voicemail box. ♥

Following Prol's lead, I took the Quirky Quiz, and scored 83, which means: "Somewhat quirkyalone (otherwise known as quirkytogether): You are probably part of a mysterious group of people, the quirkytogethers. You share many of our quirky qualities, but you manage to find yourself, on a regular basis, in a coupled situation. Interesting." Yeah, I am part of a mysterious group of quirkytogethers called webloggers. Heh. ♥

Wednesday Morning Haiku

I wanted to write
A happy, happy haiku
Nothing came to mind.

Well, mainly because I'm not really in a happy mood. In fact, my mood's still undecided but I know it's not a happy one. I'm feeling kind of bitchy. Must be PMS. Anyway, the lazy folks at SXSW finally posted the award winners. Big congrats to John for winning the Weird/Extreme category. I just knew he'd win :) I'd congratulate the rest but, well, I don't know any of them. Sorry! The result of the Weblog category is really bothering me. I mean, it's supposed to be the Best Weblog of 2000, right? But Who Would Buy That? didn't even exist until December 2000! I know it wasn't against the rules because the rules only said that the sites submitted must be created during the year 2000, and WWBT? itself is not really a very bad weblog, but still I was expecting a weblog that was around for most of 2000 to win the award. It wasn't an unreasonable expectation, wasn't it? ♥

Everyday for the last couple of months these two postcards have been staring at my face: one is of San Francisco and the other is of Chicago. With each passing day, the two cities only look more and more alike. In fact, now Chicago looks just like San Francisco sans the Golden Gate Bridge. Do those cities really look alike or do I need to get my eyes checked? ♥

Now be a nice person and give generous ratings to Jordan's renditions of "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" at Am I All Your Base Or Not? He deserves it :) ♥

IFilm presents Oscar's 12 Stupidest Mistakes. How I wish I'd seen The Snow White/Rob Lowe Singin'-and-Dancin' Duet in 1989 Academy Awards that former US President Ronald Reagan found to be the best television show he'd ever seen. It must be a classic. Surprisingly enough, that odd duet only ranks 12th. ♥

Being a teetotaller, I've never experienced a hangover but I'm quite sure that there are only a few of my readers who are teetotallers like me. The non-teetotaller majority might find the Hangover Cures site useful. This site rates some popular hangover cures based on their effectiveness. The rating ranges from one beer can ("crap") to six beer cans ("hell yeah!"). Sex seems to rate pretty well. ♥

Northwestern Bathrooms is a site dedicated to the bathrooms in Northwestern University. "This site aims to be a consumer report and a personal evaluation of bathrooms around Northwestern's campus. More specifically the site will be evaluating men's bathrooms in buildings with classrooms around the campus." What I can't understand is how could a bathroom scored 9/10 in cleanliness but 5/10 in smell? If it's clean, it's not supposed to smell, right? Any NWU student or alumni have anything to say about this? ;) ♥

Now that Napster's monitoring the file names that its users put into Napster database due to copyright issues, you need something to fool the system. That's the reason NapCameBack was created. What it does is basically "translating" the file names in Napster database into Pig Latin. Well, for now anyway. Tomorrow they might change it into Pikachu language, who knows? It depends on how quickly the folks at Napster figure out the whole thing and take action to stop it. Once they figure it out, the NapCameBack folks will change the encryption method. ♥

Yesterday I read an article (I forgot where) about a couple in New Zealand who wish to amalgamate the marriage law so that the wife could have her (maiden) surname separated from her husband's with a dot instead of a dash. I kind of like the idea. I think it would be cool to introduce myself as Firda Beka[dot]insertsomeluckyguyssurnamehere when/if ever I get married :) ♥

You know what's great? I always have some random thinking going on in my head. It used to be mostly negative thoughts; thoughts on things that depressed me. But lately it's been mostly happy thoughts. I've been thinking a lot about the few people that I love and care about and generally about things that make me happy. It makes me feel good. I'm almost happy. ♥

Ok, one mystery solved: Who Would Buy That? was named the Best Weblog at the SXSW Web Awards. It didn't surprise me. Any info about the rest? ♥

Tuesday Morning Haiku

Dear esteemed readers,
Sorry for the lack of links
I've a blogger's block.

I can't seem to find anything blogworthy. It's killing me *sniff!* Another thing that's killing me is that no one has posted any information on who won the SXSW Web Awards (I like it better than "The Earls", which sounds really goofy IMHO). Don't ask me why I want to know since I didn't make it to the final. I'm just curious. It's okay to be curious, right? They said they'd post the results Sunday night, right after the ceremony. Liars!

Well, I'm in a weird mood this morning. It's not bad but it's not good either. I was only half awake when I got to the office. Some workmates told me to wake up when they saw me yawning as I made my way to my desk. "Hey, wake up! Have a cup of coffee! Oops, you don't drink coffee. Sorry," said one workmate. I didn't even feel the earth shaking. Yeah, we had an earthquake this morning. No big deal. I've got used to it. ♥

Whoa! My weblog came out second in Google Search for "weblog", right after the great Robot Wisdom. I must've done something right! ♥

Some comments on my new hairdo, courtesy my workmates:

- "You are crazy."
- "Oh my God!"
- "Woo, new hairdo!"
- "Are you frustrated with your life or something?"
- "Your head looks so tiny now."
- "What did you do to your hair?!?"
- "You look like a boy."
- "It suits you perfectly."

If I had a webcam or a digital camera, I'd post a picture here. But since I don't, you just have to use your imagination :) ♥

This morning I heard some news about Mir Space Station on our national radio. They said Mir was falling down to earth and was expected to reach the atmosphere in mid-March. Each day it got about 20km closer to earth. Once it reached the atmosphere, it was going to break apart into around 1,500 pieces of metal chunk, each would weigh tonnes. I sure hope that none of the pieces is going to fall down on me. The current news from Mir (official?) website, updated on March 7, didn't mention anything about it. I wonder if they're hiding the fact from us or it was our national radio that broadcasted a hoax. ♥

Ok, here's the dream. I went to the doctor and she said I was asthmatic (I'm not). My mum bought me the spray that asthmatic people use when they're having an attack. None of us knew how to use it so my mum went to find someone who could show me how to use it. She returned home with this guy that turned out to be a member of an Irish boyband called "Westlife". To be honest, I don't know how that guy could come to my dream. I'm far from being a fan. I didn't even know his name until I looked it up on the 'net this morning. Anyway, that guy did show me how to use the spray and after having some chitchat, he left and then I woke up. Now feel free to laugh. ♥

I just remember a stupid dream I had last night. I'll write it down and post it when I'm done laughing. ♥

I've been saying the same thing to my online compatriots for months now. I can't imagine spending the rest of my life with someone who doesn't know how to make a hyperlink. Hell, I wouldn't even let my future kid date someone without a website! I think I'll make a really geeky parent. I don't know if it's good or bad. ♥

Monday Morning Haiku

Such a grey morning
Dark grey, but the rain has passed
Hope there'll be more rain.

Well, another weekend has come and gone and I totally wasted it by doing nothing but thinking. I was thinking about love and life and happiness and if I've been looking for all those three things at the wrong places. The answer is no. Apart from having a job that I don't enjoy, I've been pretty much doing things that I like to do. Maybe in time I'll find what I've been looking for.

Anyway, last weekend wasn't really bad despite the lots of thinking done. On Saturday, an email from Ev made my day. Hey, one of the coolest web persons I've ever known wrote to tell me that he thinks I'm cool! Who could ask for more? ;) And on Sunday, it was a voicemail from a poor soul who was stranded in Nashville on his way to Austin that made my day :) Well, maybe he isn't what you'd call a poor soul. I'm just jealous because I couldn't come to SXSW. Sniff. ♥

Sorry, no links today. I was too busy thinking. Check back tomorrow! ♥

I now remember the reason for my reluctance to come to SXSW (not that I could afford it but let's pretend that I could, shall we?): PARTY! Oh God, not party! I'd rather write a 300 word essay on Chairman Mao than party. Hell, I wouldn't even come to my next door neighbour's granddaughter's 3rd birthday party today. I don't remember ever having fun at a party. When I do go to a party, I'll be one of those people standing in the corners, just watching the scene, wondering why they'd come in the first place and hoping that the party will be over as soon as possible. Yeah, I am that hopeless. And speaking of Chairman Mao, I got an A for my essay on Chairman Mao back in college. It was a surprise for me too. But then again, Chinese Philosophy class was identical with easy grades. ♥

Sunday Morning Haiku

Nice Sunday morning
The birds are chirping sweetly
Though the sky is grey.

Some thin rays of sunshine still managed to go pass the grey clouds but it couldn't warm up the morning too much. I like it. I wish it would stay like this all day long. But I can only wish. I know it will get hotter and hotter as the day proceeds. And the worst part is I'm running out of ice-cream. I'm feeling poetic this morning. If I were a poet, I'm sure I'd come up with a masterpiece. But since I'm not, all you got is a crappy haiku :) ♥

See an Apparition of Jesus on a used band aid. You have to see it to believe it. ♥

Thanks to Lingua Latina, I now know how to say "I hate broccoli" in Latin. It's "Odi brassicum." I also learned how to sing "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" in Latin. It sounds so much cooler than the English version. Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit, E-I-E-I-O... ♥

If you rely on the wisdom of Ralph Wiggum (from the Simpsons) to get through life, you might want to consult The Interactive Ralph Wiggum. He will give you his deep thoughts on your problems. ♥

Fill out Da Mob Application and see if you belong to a mob family and are entitled to a mob name. Here's a hint: whatever you feel about your mother, if you want to get accepted into da family, you have to answer that it is da truth that you love your muddah. If you want to know my mob name, it's Firda "the Studious" Beka. Very scary indeed. ♥

Read some reviews of some Crazy Asian Drinks by some Americans and laugh. Those drinks are not really all that crazy IMHO, but who am I to say. Being an Asian living in an Asian country, I grew up drinking the so-called crazy drinks. ♥

I gave myself a haircut today on impulse. I'm quite pleased with the result. Now my hair is really short, just the way I like it. Next time I'm going to shave all of my hair off. I've always wanted to be bald like Sinead O'Connor :) ♥

I just tried out the U.S. Surname Distribution Map by entering the surnames of some webloggers and found that Running is less common than Nolan, Busch is more common than Running and less common than Nolan, and Harris is the most common of all. I was bored, okay? ♥

Amen, brother! :) I'll probably see you next year. That is, if I don't chicken out. I'd still like to go Outward Bound-ing, though. Sometimes I hate having choices. ♥

Saturday Morning Haiku

I wrote this haiku
Because I had nothing else
To do or to say.

I was, but now not anymore :) Well, I just didn't know what to haiku, that's all. I'm going to finish a project this weekend. Not the birthday project. I've postponed it until next month. It's the other project. The collaborative writing project. I always have so many ideas for projects but not enough will to materialise any of them. Better start working on it now. Oh, one more thing. Ev made my morning :) ♥

Create your own virtual host at Oddcast Host Workshop and make it look like yourself. Not sure what kind of virtual host, though. Probably talk show host. I haven't got to explore the site yet. My virtual host looks like this. Cute, eh? ;) I wish I looked like that. (Link stolen from Joe.) ♥

You can put up just about anything on the web and people will read it. Scott Meyer put up a website about the places he's peed. I'm sure you're dying to visit it. Click away! ♥

Anyone have an mp3 of "Carolina" by Sheryl Crow they'd like to share with me? ♥

Friday Morning Haiku

Some experts believe
That use of any keyboard
May cause injury.

It was written on my Micron keyboard at work. When I need to amuse myself, all I have to do is read it :) Anyway, if you're going to SXSW, it looks like you'll be missing seeing two really cool web people: one is Ev and the other is, ahem, me *grins* Hey, if I didn't consider myself cool, who would? ;) By the way, it wasn't true that I'd end up hiding under the table if I came to SXSW. I'd just find someone to tag along with (which is usually not so hard since I'm a likeable person, believe it or not) and I'd be fine. If I got bored during a panel, I'd get anyone who's sitting next to me into a pen-and-paper game like Tic-Tac-Toe. During the break, I'd definitely get the people near me into a card game or a board game. I always have all sorts of portable games in my bag when I'm travelling. I'd rather play games than talking because I know I'd make a really boring talking companion :) ♥

If I had an attention span that's longer than one minute, I would've accomplished so much, with my being a genius and all (yeah right). The world would've been a better place. Or not. I just saw "Message In A Bottle". The film really depressed me. Lovely soundtrack, though.

On a lighter note, the pseudoword "automagically" never fails to annoy the hell out of me.

Over and out. Goodnight! ♥

If you're looking for an addictive game to play to kill the time, Pingis, the online ping pong game, is a great choice. I love playing ping pong. I played it almost every day when I was in college. I was never good at it. I'm not good at playing the online version, either. I played against J-O (Jan-Ove Waldner, a famous ping pong player from Sweden) and he beat me 21-1. But at least I scored one point :P ♥

Have you ever gone to a toy store and seen a toy that looks so hideous that you wonder who would want to buy that? Well, The Toy Hall of Shame is a site dedicated to such toys. You really have to see the Lil' Skank from the 60's. It's a horror movie material. ♥

A Reservation Table of the Elements by Sherman Alexie is an interesting short story. The author used some of the elements as the sub-themes of the story. It makes me wish I could write well. ♥

I'm not really familiar with either Dr. Seuss or Star Trek: TNG, but still I found Dr. Seuss does Star Trek: TNG pretty amusing. But then again, easily amused are my middle names. ♥

Find Your Spot is a similar (if not the same) quiz to the Best Homes quiz everyone seemed to be taking last year. According to the Best Homes quiz, the city that's most suitable to me was San Francisco, CA but according to Find Your Spot quiz, it's Sioux Falls, SD, followed by Ames, IA, Manchester, NH, Durham, NC, Battle Creek, MI and Buffalo, NY. I still believe that I'd like San Francisco better than any of those places, though. And it has nothing to do with its being the home of the A-Listers :) ♥

You know what's so ironic? Zeldman.com doesn't redirect me and my crappy work browser to this page, yet some others do! And Zeldman is supposed to be the head honcho of the whole browser upgrade thing. Hmmm. I just love the Great Orange :) ♥

I've got an idea for a project. Do you remember I remember, my journal-type blog? Well, I'm going to make it a collaborative project where anyone can submit their memory, be it good or bad. I'm going to start working on it as soon as I get home. I'll let you know when it's ready. ♥

The song stuck in my head right now is Everything But My Pride by the Cutting Crew. I bet none of you ever heard that song :)

if you should walk away
take this broken heart
and if you walk away
you'll never know what's left behind
go on and get away
don't you leave a trace
and as you walk away
you can take most every...

everything but my pride
everything but the rings on my finger
everything but my pride

Why would anyone want the guy's rings, for God's sake? Or am I taking it too literally? And what the rings have to do with his pride? Do I think too much? ♥

I feel like stroking my ego so I hereby announce that I've just hit the big seven-oh yet remain sweet sixteen at the same time.

I'm so sleepy. Yawn. ♥

Thursday Morning Haiku

The hype has started
The es-ex-es-double-yew
Please do make it stop!

I'd been asking myself if I really wanted to go to SXSW. I have mixed feelings about it, but if I had to decide, I think I would say "No". I find the idea of meeting up with a lot of strangers at once really scary. I might end up hiding under the table all the time. I've always admired famous people who avoid the spotlight, whom journalists have to try hard to get hold of for an interview. I want to be like them. I don't have the fame, but I think it would be cool to be a mysterious person that people think they know but actually don't. I want to be elusive. Not exclusive, just elusive. I want people to meet me because they truly want to meet me that they'd go anywhere just to meet me. I want to meet up with you in an adventure. Not a city nor a conference adventure. A real adventure, like a trip to Peru where we can ride llamas to travel the Andes and stay in a cave or a tent at night to sleep. And yes, we shall bring our computers. Geeks shall remain geeks wherever they go :) But if it's too difficult, I'd like to just make a plan to meet up with several webloggers somewhere, enroll for an Outward Bound adventure, and have a lot of fun together. That's how I want us to meet up. Anyone interested? ;) ♥

I'm feeling chatty. I have so many things I'd like to talk about. Things that wouldn't make any sense if blogged. But as usual, there's no one around. Not here, not online. It makes me wish I had an email friend that I could write to anytime I want. Oh well. I think I'd better go to bed now. Who knows, I might meet someone I could talk to in my dream. Goodnight! ♥

Is it just me or does that PeopleCards guy really look like Jeffrey Zeldman? ;) ♥

If building PC's is your thing, you might want to try your hand at building a Wooden PC. I don't think it looks any better than the flowery iMac, though. But then again, you can't expect much aesthetically from something whose nickname is "The Coffin", can't you? ♥

Take the Metrosexuality test to see how straight or how gay you are. According to the test results, I'm a happy and well-adjusted hetero (48%). How about you? (Link stolen from K8.) ♥

This is bound to happen: a Shockwave movie of Mr. T vs Cats, with Cats being that dude from All Your Base Are Belong To Us (AYBABTU). I'm not so crazy about AYBABTU, but I love Mr. T so I blogged this anyway.

Still in the spirit of AYBABTU is the new trance mix of All Your *Bass* Are Belong To Us. Never heard of the old/original version, but since Tim Ireland has so kindly sent me the link, just thought I'd post this :) ♥

I feel flattered :) ♥

Meet Weirdo, my beloved Technosphere critter. I didn't know that it's got 2 children already. I wonder where the second child came from. Could it be adopted? If you have a Technosphere critter, do post the url. I'd love to see it :) ♥

Hey, I was one of the school weirdos, too! Luckily, I didn't get picked on like the shooter did. They left me alone, mainly because my English ruled. If you want to get respect